Describes the results of the test began April 25, 1927, concerning the effect of rest periods on the productivity of six girls who performed relay assembly work. These six participants were moved into the test room and their productivity was...

Included in this group are tables of vascular skin reaction readings as a measurement of fatigue. There is also an abstract of chapter 5, concerning the physiology and psychology of fatigue, from Edgar James Swifts book Psychology and the days...

Case histories of the five operators and layout operators of the relay assembly test room. The histories are forms covering the test subjects family connections, personal qualities, home and community environment, and work history. Following these...

Included are graphs, tables, charts, and various notes on speed tests done to find a correlation between hours of sleep and speed in relay assembly. The tests were conducted on four of the operators in the relay assembly test room in 1930. The...

Raw production and earnings data on an hourly basis for assembly group two with information on climate. Tables with weekly and monthy averages are included. Some handwritten notes are included, adding context to the figures.

Case study of a relay assembly test room operator who was taken off the study because of her antagonistic attitude. The change in her behavior could be due to her poor health condition, perhaps anemia. Included are some of her health statistics...

Record of observations of the relay assembly test room operations. Conversations of the workers were recorded in detail. Also included are observations of their moods in handwritten marginalia. During this period, several workers were informed...

Study of the workers reactions to a five-day workweek with standard hours versus a five and one-half day workweek with shorter days. Workers unanimously preferred the five-day workweek with Saturday morning off. Also included is the study that...

Raw data regarding the effect of rest break variations on the daily output of 5 mica-splitting operators was measured over a 37-week period in 1928. Included are tables of the average accumulated totals, charts of output, and daily output logs for...

Detailed procedures for establishing the bank wiring test room, and selection criteria for the male workers in the test room group. Three reports on the subject of engineering study of human fatigue are included

Transcripts of interviews with supervisors regarding the employee interview process, working conditions and supervisor training. Also included are newspaper clippings pertaining to new management and layoffs. Some handwritten notes are included as...

Transcripts of interviews with supervisors regarding the employee interview process, working conditions and supervisor training. They took place in 1929. Some handwritten notes are included as marginalia.

Documents regarding creating a mathematical method for determining the tone of the interview by creating a ratio of negative to positive comments. Also included are charts analyzing interviews in groups of 100.

Collection of miscellaneous documents, both typewritten and handwritten, pertaining to the Hawthorne project and the results obtained from the study. Based on data collected from 1928-1940. Included are transcripts of speeches, summary documents...

Tables from a 1928 study that was started to test the length of time needed to gain efficiency in mica splitting. The weekly average output of 34 experienced operators was used as the standard. Fifty-two inexperienced operators were studied. ...

Transcripts of interviews with operating branch employees concerning their working conditions and any other factors that may affect their work. Included at the end of each interview are brief notes from the interviewer

Report concerning the employee interview program conducted by Hawthorne Works Inspection Branch. Included are the plans for the study with purpose and procedure. Also contained is a summary outline, and interviews with representative employees...

Counseling record, entitled: Counseling in a group situation, by Phyllis Dodds. It contains detailed descriptions about the interviews, conversations, observations, as well as counselors own impressions, feelings, etc. which happened during the...

Comments on interviews in the station apparatus shop and a review of experience in connection with beginning the personnel counseling experiment. The experiment was designed as a more thorough interview process where the interviewer looked at...

Five reports reviewing the personnel counseling experiment from January, 1936 to March, 1937. Included are the appendices about attitudes of short and long service employees, outline and suggestions for discussing the labor situation, and tables...

Records regarding mica-splitting operator 1. Informal notes and recommendations, both hand written and type written, concerning this operator are included. Also included is a summary of absences is given for the entire period of employment from...

Records regarding mica-splitting operator fives performance. Included are a formal summary, a list of comments, and a log of favorable and unfavorable comments. The favorable and unfavorable comment log is for the period from 1928 to 1930. Also...

Two page form/questionnaire used for personal data collection and observation. A narrative case history for each of the 5 mica splitting operators follows. The case histories give marital status and age. There is a discussion of living...

Letters written both before and after a Personnel Counseling Conference held January 24-25, 1961, in New York City that included representatives from numerous branches of American Telephone & Telegraph Company. After the conference, the...

Description of work behavior related to incentives and of the relationship between the supervisors and employees in the station apparatus shop. Included are observations of employee work and analysis of interviews. The purpose is to outline what...

The reports of the experiments at the Hawthorne Plant generated a great deal of interest. Directors of various companies requested further information for use in their company. Several university professors requested information for use in their...

April 13, 1931, G.A. Pennock sent C.W. Bergquist a report titled: An Account of the Work of the Industrial Research Division. The Industrial Research Division was established in January, 1929 to centralize the test room study, the employee...

Interview method, analysis, and development of training began in the Inspection Branch, moved to the Operating Branch, and in January 1930 throughout the Works. A December 1929 pamphlet titled A Plan for Improving Employee Relations was printed. ...

Several reports, memoranda, and letters. It includes two copies of a preliminary report concerning the experiment in personnel counseling by which Personnel Man would interview employees and supervisors in an attempt to find problems in his...

The IRS is checking on the use of LIFO inventory valuation; Does Casper Weinberger know what he's talking about; By patting itself on its back, the Federal Trade; Commission almost broke its arm!; Answering a reporter's questions; Remember when the...

Should I be reading this kind of story about Penney’s?; National advertising division of The Better Business Bureau; The headline I have been waiting for: ‘Sears to spend $4 Billion to revamp stores’; What I have learned in 60 years of...

Missionary. A photocopy of the autobiography (ca. 1907) of James Slover, a missionary to the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War. The typewritten manuscript contains his observations of Cherokee Indian attitudes and opinions concerning slavery,...

Indian school. Catalogs (1885-1890) of the academy listing trustees, officers, faculty, students, course offerings, and a general history and description of the school; a copy (1884) of ""Pages from Cherokee Indian History"" by...

Geography professor. Research notes and township maps (ca. 1937) of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, on which Hewes plotted the following data: which groups (categorized by degree of Indian blood, intermarried citizens, or freedmen) settled which...